Table 1.
Patient characteristics. Gender, olfactory cleft and olfactory disorder
| Patients with olfactory disorder | Controls | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | % of all patients (n = 20) | Number of patients | % of all patients (n = 10) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 7 | 35 | 8 | 80 | 0.05 |
| Female | 13 | 65 | 2 | 20 | |
| Olfactory cleft visibility | |||||
| Bothsided | 18 | 90 | 9 | 90 | 1.00 |
| Onesided | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | |
| Smoking | |||||
| Yes | 4 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 1.00 |
| No | 14 | 70 | 9 | 90 | |
| Unknown | 2 | 10 | – | – | |
| Etiology of olfactory disorder | |||||
| Sinunasal | 9 | 45 | |||
| Post-URTI | 4 | 20 | |||
| Post trauma | 3 | 15 | |||
| Idiopathic | 4 | 20 | |||
URTI upper respiratory tract infection